August 15, 2024
A Ninth Circuit judge asked Thursday how a church could be harmed by a Washington law requiring employee health plans to cover abortions, since none of its workers had ever actually sought one, while another judge asked if tossing the case would slam the door on religious objections.
November 30, 2023
Almost two dozen red states and various religious freedom groups told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court ruling in favor of a Washington law requiring employee health plans to cover abortion services tramples over religious rights.